The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-16
BREvITIES.
ALPARAGRAPHs. MINOR MEN
TON. AND LOCAL LACONICs.

e The News Of the Day Boiled Down an
a Served Up in Condensed shape Abou
d Folks You Know, and Interesting Item
It Happily and Hastily Hit.
u Range of thermometer at Spence, Ty
e rec & Co.'S shoe house, Broad street
!. . March 18th, 1887: Gam, 400; 12 m, A.
!. 3 pm, 500; g pm, Az
r. A. Johnson, of Boston, is at the Elk
q change.
), Mr. Manly b. Curry, of st. Paul, Mimi.
e is in the city.
r Shad were selling yesterday at from s
e to $50 per pair
u Bishop F. NJ. Whitte is on a visit tC
the churches in Norfolk and vicinity.
Fanny Davenport will be in Danyille
tonight and Lynchburg tomorrow night
Rev. j. B. Hutson, of Pine-street
church, is assisting in Baptist revival in
Norfolk.
, Miss Blanche Sherwood, Dad's Girl, is
in NOrforlk on visit to her father, man
ager of the Academy.
State Superintendent John L. Buchanan
is in Washington, attending the National
, Educational Association.
There is talk in Masonic circles of the
organization of another Chapter of Roy
al Arch Masons in Richmond.
Mayor Lamb, of Norfolk, and Mr.. A.
Naumberg of New York, formerly of
this city, are at the Davis Hotel.
Both Lee Camp and the First Regiment
Drum Corps were much cOmplimented
their fine annparoppa vpctprdaU
Mr.. Joseph L. Frowerman, of Pennsyl-
vania, who has been the guest of Mr.. Sol
Fleishman, left for home yesterday.
The interesting services at Old st.
Johns church, conducted by Rev. III NJ.
Jackson, will be continued all this week
Charles O'B. Cowardin, Esq, of the
Dispatch, and other Richmond friends, are
registered at the Palmer House, Chicago
Hon. George d. Wise writes to Post
master Glennan, of Norfolk, stating that
one of the dry-docks will be built in that
city.
A letter has been received from John
Randolph Tucker, Jr., who is in st. Paul
He will be back the latter part of the
week
The work of filling up the old peniten-
tiary lot at Main and Jefferson streets is |
nearly completed, after many months of
labor.
The interest in the revival meeting at |
Clay-street church has not been equalled /
since the great Moody meeting at the
Armory.
Miss Fanny Davenport will open Fri
do frrbf l. L 81 a..
nee she will play Much Ado About
Nothing"
Rev. Lewis Wake, of Cecilton, Md,
is lying in entrants at his home He is
the father Of Mrs. Thomas A. Brander, of
this city.
The services at Park-Place Methodist
church last night were largely attended.
Tonight song service at 1880 and preach
ing at o'clock pm.
If Edwin Booth visits the South next
season, he will certainly appear at the
Richmond Theatre. He has written Mrs.
Powell to that effect.
The Lynchburg Vdginian has been sold
to a syndicate, at the head of which is
Mr.. Alex. Mcdonald, late chief editor of
the Nens, of that city.
The lot in the rear of Madison school
is being filled up. This has long been
one Of the worst nuisances in Clay ward
-southside-if not in the city.
The remains of Miss Hattie l.. O'Brien, I
who died at No 40 South Pine street {
Monday morning, will be carried to Pc i
-ersburg at $40 o'clock this morning.
The Walker Light Guard had full
dress parade yesterday evening, with
irum corps, and attracted much attention f
by their fine appearance and soldierly /
bearing. t
Mr. A. w. Miller, formerly with Car +
lOZO e Co., can now be found at the /
lry-goods store of Breeder, Talley q b
Co., and weuld be glad to see his lady o
friends. J
Miss Pierce, the Hazd Rrke, is Mrs. y
stone in private life. and some wag re- v
marked that Manager Coley's treatment :,
If her was enough to pierce the heart :
If stone :
The Religious Herald of this week con S,
aims an interesting sketch of Rev. II. c
". Brown, the evangelist, who is doing "
UGH good work at Clay-street Method 81
ST church. OF
The TINES paragraph in reference to
he discouTteOus treatment of the Arion
singing Society at the Mozart Musicale
londay night was very generally com 81
lended yesterday. is
Governor Lee has received a letter m
rom Florida informing him that a new tt
ounty formed in that State had been W
hristened Lee, in honor Of the late al
Ieneral Robert f. Lee i
There was runaway near the corner -
f Eighth and Broad streets Yesterday =.
forming. Result-a countryman, gig v
nd horse so badly mixed up as to be =.
ardly distinguishable -,
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Donnan have re- 81
armed from trip to Brooklyn, and are FRI
ccompanied by the brides mother. Mrs. sa
y. Dewitt Talmage. Mrs Talmage ex I'M
ects to return home to-day.
The Mexican war survivors and widows
soldiers in that war will be chagrined